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“What I feel is that we need an independent consumer watchdog. You have regular people who have problems with big financial companies. How do they get relief? And you need somebody who's gonna stand on their side and level the playing field for them.”
“As Ohio Solicitor General and in pro bono private practice, I defended Ohio's hate crimes law. This included a brief in the Wisconsin v. Mitchell case where the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Wisconsin's hate crime law that included sexual orientation. Ohio's should include it as well, and we support it.”
“I don't want to, on behalf of the bureau, comment on Ohio law as opposed to Washington law as opposed to Colorado law.”
“It's not a long-term business model to take advantage of your consumers in ways that are not sustainable.”
“I don't think I'm at all boring. And my children don't think I'm boring. I don't think Wall Street thought I was boring, either, when I went after them.”
“Sometimes you look at the critics and say, 'Nobody else was telling me that, but you were.'”
“I am pretty good at getting back people's money.”
“When the consumer is strong, the American economy will be strong, so consumer protection actually serves economic growth and economic progress.”
“I have always adopted nondiscriminatory policies toward the LGBTQ community in my public offices in local and state government.”
“Governor Kasich has done some things that I applaud and have supported and spoken out in favor of, such as Medicaid expansion.”
“Having practical proposals that improve people's economic lives is where it's all about in Ohio, and that's what we're focused on.”